How to Use minor in in a Sentence

minor in

verb
  • City leaders and police have struggled to keep large gatherings of minors in check this summer and in past years.
    — Lauren Victory, CBS News, 17 June 2026
  • This was the second shooting by a minor in metro Atlanta on Wednesday.
    — Dan Raby, CBS News, 19 Feb. 2026
  • He was booked at the Long Beach Jail for murder and minor in possession of a firearm.
    — Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 31 May 2026
  • After getting it, Nichols went on to study dance with a minor in choreography.
    — Emily St. Martin, PEOPLE, 26 May 2026
  • The undergraduate minors in dance and new media art will shutter.
    — Jessica Ma, Dallas Morning News, 19 Mar. 2026
  • The man’s partner, who denied knowing the boy was locked in the van, has also been charged, including for failure to help a minor in danger.
    — Brie Stimson, FOXNews.com, 11 Apr. 2026
  • The Golden Knights have taken 16 minor penalties and one double minor in the first four games.
    — Eric Stephens, New York Times, 11 May 2026
  • In Outcome, the tape in question within the film ends up being, if not innocuous, relatively minor in the grand scheme of things.
    — Josh Spiegel, HollywoodReporter, 11 Apr. 2026
  • In the fall, the university launched a minor in Holocaust and Genocide Studies.
    — Imani Cruzen, Twin Cities, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Tollinche has a prior unsealed arrest for allegedly raping a minor in 2025, according to records.
    — Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 1 May 2026
  • The 22-year-old graduated with a major in digital media and minor in computer science.
    — Steven Walker, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 May 2026
  • The youngest were 16 and 17—the first minors in any country ever lawfully euthanized for mental illness.
    — Charles Lane, The Atlantic, 15 Mar. 2026
  • Undergraduate minors in dance and new media art will close, while minors in the studio art department will be folded into concentrations in the major.
    — Jessica Ma, Dallas Morning News, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Luckily Fleming, a theater graduate who was also one credit shy of a minor in dance, has an arsenal of tools at his disposal to achieve this clarity.
    — John Roy, Vulture, 19 Feb. 2026
  • The facility has come under scrutiny for detaining thousands of minors in what has been described as inhumane conditions.
    — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Pittsburgh police detectives are investigating an early morning stabbing that put a minor in the hospital.
    — Patrick Damp, CBS News, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Haslach also admitted to surreptitiously taking a photo of a minor in a swimsuit by positioning his cellphone under a classroom desk.
    — Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 1 May 2026
  • She was handed preliminary charges, including for failure to help a minor in danger, and released under judicial supervision.
    — ABC News, 11 Apr. 2026
  • One juvenile was driving, and that person was cited for minor in possession of alcohol, according to BPD.
    — Shannon Tyler, Idaho Statesman, 4 June 2026
  • Prosecutors say Watson pretended to be a pregnant teen, copying the social media posts of a minor in Pennsylvania.
    — Dan Raby, CBS News, 18 May 2026
  • He and Kendra are also charged with four counts of endangering the welfare of a minor in the second degree and four counts of false imprisonment in the second degree in Arkansas.
    — Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 21 May 2026
  • She was handed preliminary charges, including failure to help a minor in danger, and released under judicial supervision.
    — CBS News, 11 Apr. 2026
  • The Texas Legislature banned gender-affirming care for minors in 2023, prompting some families to leave the state.
    — Lily Kepner, Austin American Statesman, 22 Feb. 2026
  • Two of them occurred after Epstein pleaded guilty to soliciting prostitution from a minor in 2008.
    — Brooke Migdon, PEOPLE, 22 May 2026
  • Transgender rights suffered another major loss in the Supreme Court last year, when the justices upheld a Tennessee law that banned gender-affirming care for minors in the state.
    — Chantelle Lee, Time, 30 June 2026
  • The Mercury News is not identifying the cousin to protect the identity of her son, who turned 18 two days after Jaxon’s death but is charged as a minor in juvenile court.
    — Julia Prodis Sulek, Mercury News, 7 May 2026
  • Six minors in the studio art department, including ceramics and sculpture, will be consolidated into concentrations in the major.
    — Jessica Ma, Dallas Morning News, 19 Mar. 2026
  • On Thursday, a spokesperson for the DA’s Office confirmed the 16-year-old who killed Sledge still faces one felony count of being a minor in possession of a handgun.
    — Sacbee.com, 17 Apr. 2026
  • The state legislature also banned gender affirming care for minors in 2023 — a law upheld by the judiciary in 2024.
    — William Tong, Dallas Morning News, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Driving under the influence with a minor in the vehicle is considered child endangerment and under California law violators can face severe penalties, such as jail time or even felony charges.
    — Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado, Sacbee.com, 24 June 2026

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